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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires members of historic preservation commissions to complete historic preservation planning course."
+description: "Requires members of historic preservation commissions to complete historic preservation planning course."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 4954"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4954 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HISTORIC PRE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Kennedy, James J.", "McKeon, John F."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c9e800-a637-4170-9368-e4ea5d0fd87a"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "50cfb9303720210b590c3905ad91d0f4fa6ffdde7256c5e0f2dd974d21214baf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 4954 (221) — Requires members of historic preservation commissions to complete historic preservation planning course.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4954_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **31–6** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **49–23** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
+- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (49-23-0) `passage`
+- **2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3797
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (31-6) `passage`
+- **2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.149. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2c9e800-a637-4170-9368-e4ea5d0fd87a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+